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Transcription

deposition hee cannot now fully answer to this Interogatorie

The marke of the sayd
Mawrice + Foard [MARKE, RH SIDE]

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The 22th of January 1656

Lane Cooper and Company Owners of the Providence of}
Boston of which William Otter was Master against the}
Samuell of London and against Lee the Master of her}

Examined upon an allegation on behalfe of the
sayd Lee/

Rp. 1

William Herring of the parish of Saint Katherine neere
the Tower of London Mariner aged twenty eight yeares or
thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and examined saith and
deposeth as followeth videlicet:/

To the first and second articles of the sayd allegation hee saith that hee
this deponent being one of the Company of the shipp the Samuell the voyage
in question and on abord well knoweth that the articulate William Lee with the
sayd shipp Samuell and the arlate Otter with the shipp the Providence did [?upon or GUTTER]
about the 5th day of September last come from Newcastle together and [?being GUTTER]
come to the Northwards of Scarborough and the winde being at South the sayd
shipp Samuell upon the 6th of September aforesayd [?stand] off, and the
Providence in and came neere each other which the sayd Lee [?seeking GUTTER]
to prevent any dammage that might ensue by their coming soe neere soe,
much as in him lay, did cause his Company to weather the sayd Otters
shipp and thereupon the sayd Otter or some of his Company of the
Providence waved to the Company of the Samuell that they should [?beare GUTTER]
up whereupon the sayd Lee caused John d[?enue] the Carpenter of the Samuell
who was then at the helme to beare up the helme immediately according to[X GUTTER]
waste made by the sayd Otter or his Company and alsoe to the sayd Lee caused
his Company to lett goe their maine sheate and mayne top sayle bowling [XXX GUTTER]
to brace the mayne sayle and mayne topsayle in the winde and brayle up the
Mizen, and in deede the sayd Lee and his Company of the Samuell did
use all possible endeavour (according to the sayd Otter waste made to [?goe GUTTER]
cleare of the sayd Otters shipp and prevente doeing or receaving any
prejudice, Which notwithstanding the sayd Otter [?on] the Providence (though hee has as
aforesayd waved to the Samuells Company to brace up) did come with full
sayle upon the Samuell and came soe violently against her that hee [?thXX GUTTER]
brake downe her head and her stemme and fower of her beames
betweene decks, and broke downe her upper deck in her forecastle
and broke two foote and halfe of plank[?e] on her larboard side under the [?fXXX GUTTER]
Channells of the Samuell and alsoe broke the Coller of her mayne staye
and did her much other dammage whereby the sayd shipp Samuell and
her ladeing of Coles were in very great danger to perish and sinke in the
Sea and alsoe the lives of her Company very much endangered for
the